WOLVERINE'S CLAWS FIRST POPPED WHEN HE WAS A SICKLY BOY — AND HIS FIRST KILL MAY HAVE BEEN HIS OWN REAL FATHER!
Origin #1–6 (2001–2002), by Paul Jenkins, Andy Kubert & Richard Isanove, esp. #2: James Howlett's bone claws emerge as Thomas Logan murders John Howlett; James kills Thomas — the man the story implies was his true father — then flees under the name Logan.
READ THE FULL FACT →EVERY TIME WOLVERINE DIED, HE HAD TO WIN A REMATCH AGAINST THE ANGEL OF DEATH HIMSELF TO COME BACK!
Wolverine Vol. 3 #48 (2006) & #57–61 (2007–2008), by Marc Guggenheim: Logan’s soul duels Lazaer — Azrael, the Angel of Death, first killed by Logan in World War I — in purgatory after each fatal injury, until he bargains the duels away.
READ THE FULL FACT →THE ONE BLADE THAT CAN KILL WOLVERINE WAS FORGED FROM HIS OWN RAGE!
Wolverine Vol. 3 #40 (2006), by Daniel Way: the swordsmith Muramasa forges a blade from the rage in Wolverine's soul; its wounds resist healing factors, and Logan later uses it to decapitate Sabretooth in Wolverine Vol. 3 #55 (2007).
READ THE FULL FACT →WOLVERINE REJECTED NEW ADAMANTIUM — AND DEVOLVED INTO A NOSELESS FERAL BEAST!
Wolverine Vol. 2 #100 (1996), by Larry Hama & Adam Kubert: Genesis tries to re-bond Cyber’s adamantium to a captured Logan; Wolverine expels it, kills two Dark Riders in the blast, and accelerates into his feral, noseless form, explained in Uncanny X-Men #332.
READ THE FULL FACT →WOLVERINE'S SECRET IDENTITY WAS JUST AN EYEPATCH — IN MADRIPOOR HE WAS "PATCH," CO-OWNER OF A CRIME BAR!
Marvel Comics Presents #1–10 (1988), "Save the Tiger," by Chris Claremont & John Buscema: the Princess Bar debuts in #1, Logan is first billed as Patch in #9, and he backs Tyger Tiger's takeover from crimelord Roche; Wolverine (vol. 2) #1 (Nov 1988) launches his Madripoor solo era.
READ THE FULL FACT →WOLVERINE REGREW HIS ENTIRE BODY FROM A SINGLE DROP OF BLOOD!
Uncanny X-Men Annual #11 (1987), "Lost in the Funhouse": Horde rips out Wolverine's heart in the Citadel of Light and Shadow; a drop of his blood hits the Crystal of Ultimate Vision, supercharges his healing factor, and recreates him whole — then he refuses godhood and destroys the Crystal.
READ THE FULL FACT →MAGNETO RIPPED THE METAL OUT OF WOLVERINE — AND HIS CLAWS WERE BONE ALL ALONG!
X-Men #25 (1993): Magneto strips Logan's adamantium on Avalon; Wolverine #75: the bone claws pop out in the Danger Room.
READ THE FULL FACT →APOCALYPSE KIDNAPPED WOLVERINE AND TURNED HIM INTO THE HORSEMAN OF DEATH!
Wolverine (vol. 2) #145 (1999): a Skrull imposter, a death-duel with Sabretooth, and adamantium stripped from one body and bonded to another. His first mission as Death: kill the Hulk.
READ THE FULL FACT →WOLVERINE'S CLAWS WERE ORIGINALLY JUST WEAPONS IN HIS GLOVES!
Incredible Hulk #180–181 (1974) debut; Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975); Marvel Comics Presents #72–84 (1991); X-Men #25 (1993).
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